Bunge struggles to sell sugar trading operation
LONDON -- Bunge is struggling to sell its sugar trading operations, according to two sources familiar with the matter, frustrating the 200-year-old agricultural merchant’s...
Cotabato province hopes to revive rubber industry with trading posts
COTABATO — The provincial government of Cotabato, which is aiming to be one of the country’s top producers and exporters of natural rubber-based products...
World Bank highlights need to address agri-based pollution
THE WORLD BANK said governments should develop ways to measure agriculture-based pollution as well as provide incentives to farmers to minimize their impact on...
As trade tensions mount, China soybean buyers looking for Plan B
BEIJING — Chinese buyers of soybeans, the United States’ biggest agricultural export to the country, are quietly drawing up contingency plans to ensure supplies...
Malaysian palm demand seen rising ahead of tax resumption
KUALA LUMPUR— Malaysian crude palm oil demand is expected to pick up ahead of the export tax resumption as overseas buyers stock up before...
TADECO opens lab to help fight banana disease
By Carmelito Q. Francisco
Correspondent
CARMEN, DAVAO DEL NORTE -- A modern laboratory, operated by Tagum Agricultural Development Company, Inc. (TADECO), has been formally opened to...
Mindanao peanut suppliers making inroads with food companies against imports
DAVAO CITY -- Two food companies -- Peanut Kisses from Bohol and Cheding’s Peanuts of Iligan City -- are considering sourcing raw peanuts from...
ATISCO eyes 10,000-ha Marawi abaca plantation
DAVAO CITY -- Agri-Tech Integrated Services Company (ATISCO), a subsidiary of Yazaki Torres Corp., is planning to develop 10,000 hectares (ha) of abaca farms...
More mechanization needed amid dwindling farm workers — DA
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) is pushing for further farm mechanization to improve work conditions and output, as a response to the decrease in...
China hog prices plunge after farm building boom
BEIJING — Chinese pig prices hit their lowest in nearly four years this week, plunging farmers in the world’s top pork market into the...
China says US soybeans ‘prime target’ over tariffs
CHICAGO — Chinese officials have said US soybeans are a prime target for retaliation against tariffs imposed by the Trump administration on steel and...
Australia can’t capitalize on record wool prices due to shortage of shearers
SYDNEY — Sheep farmers in rural Australia waited more than half a century for wool prices to come roaring back, only to find there...